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- Founder aims for Gilt Groupe to become a high-end Amazon
The latest pet project of Internet veteran Kevin Ryan is Gilt Groupe, which started in 2007 as a women's sample-sale site. Recently valued at $1 billion, Gilt has expanded to include full-price offshoots. Ryan said the company's early entry into the luxury flash-fashion arena gives it an advantage over newer rivals, including Rue La La and Nordstrom's HauteLook. Crain's New York Business (6/5)        | WEBINAR: Drive Real Revenues with Social Commerce
Join us for a free webinar featuring Forrester Research, Inc. on June 28 at 1 PM EDT to discuss how you can unleash the power of Social Commerce to drive revenue growth. Presenters include Sucharita Mulpuru, Forrester Research and John Mulliken of private event retailer Joss & Main. Register today! | - Hive partners with U.K.'s indie bookstores online
A U.K. website called Hive offers independent bookstores a chance to increase their profiles online and earn some e-commerce revenue. Hive shoppers order books online and pick them up at nearby indie stores, and the shops get a percentage of the revenue from each sale. PaidContent.org (6/3)  | Pitney Bowes — Business Transformation Study
Learn how mailstream giant Pitney Bowes streamlined its purchasing practices and gained visibility into its spending with processes based on SAP Supplier Relationship Management. In this complimentary case study see how Pitney Bowes is reducing costs in many ways and how streamlined purchasing practices can help your company. |
 - How to evaluate your site metrics
The increased popularity of social networks has driven consumers' expectations higher and changed the way websites must measure their success, writes Janrain marketing director Lisa Hannah. It's not enough anymore to drive as many people to your site as possible, she writes. Instead, companies need to focus on attracting the people most likely to influence others through social channels. iMedia Connection (6/6) - D.C. coffeehouse tests new mobile payment app
Mobile payment start-up Square is testing its new application, called Card Case, at a few establishments around the country, including Chinatown Coffee Co. in Washington, D.C. Customers using the app set up a tab that's tied to a credit card. In the shop, the app uses his or her smartphone's GPS to register the location, and an in-store iPad rings up the purchases, charges the account and sends a digital receipt. Washingtonpost.com/The Checkout (6/5)  | Ad Compliance Best Practices Kit — Stay ahead of consumer concern and government regulation with TRUSTe. Gain an overview of what Behavioral Advertising (OBA) is, why it is important, and what your options are. Insights from the FTC, DAA, TRUSTe, Forbes, Publisher's Clearing House and more. Register Now. |
 | Hot Topics |  | | | Top five news stories selected by Shop.org SmartBrief readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
| Companies in the News | | | | - Survey: U.K. shoppers rate Amazon as most-trusted site
Amazon is the most trusted and most often used shopping site among U.K. consumers, winning about one-fifth of all online shopping visits, according to a new survey from Verdict Research. EBay and Tesco came in second and third respectively, and the survey found that Amazon is particularly popular with consumers who make smaller purchases on a regular basis. ShopSafe.co.uk (U.K.) (6/6) - Google acquires social analytics firm PostRank
Google has acquired PostRank, a Canadian firm that helps companies measure how far their social messages travel on the Web and uses analytics to let customers see which users are spreading their messages and where they're sending them. The company's staff will move to Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. TechCrunch (6/3)
| Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - Boot Camp kicks off Shop.org Annual Summit
The Shop.org Annual Summit, Sept. 12-14 in Boston, gets a jump start with the Online Retail Boot Camp on Monday, Sept 12. Boot Camp topics will focus on social media, search analytics, e-mail, and merchandising for conversion. The rigorous, full-day schedule allows for hands-on practice as well as peer-to-peer networking. Learn more. - Shop.org SmartStat: June 6, 2011
 The average age of a tablet owner is 36.8, younger than smartphone owners. Source: BIGresearch survey.
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